Steve Xu Chen

US Patent:

20070042631, Feb 22, 2007

Filed:

Aug 17, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/205306

Inventors:

Steve Chen - Arlington Heights IL, US
Bruce Peterson - Schaumberg IL, US

International Classification:

H01R 13/62

US Classification:

439372000

Abstract:

The device includes a housing, a printed circuit board, a member, and a lever. The housing has a tab projecting from a surface of the housing. The printed circuit board mounted to the housing. The printed circuit board having contact traces. The member is moveable only in a translational direction and is positioned near the tab. The member having an actuation surface and is made of a rigid material. The lever is rotatably mounted to the housing. The lever having a rotatably mounted portion, a free end, a first portion, and a second portion. The second portion includes an arm for actuation by a user. The first and second portions each have respective heights and widths. Each of the height and width of the second portion is greater than the respective height and width of the first portion.

US Patent:

20110119242, May 19, 2011

Filed:

Nov 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/619520

Inventors:

David Y. Chen - Arlington Heights IL, US
Steve Y. Chen - Skokie IL, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707706, 707740, 707E17109, 707723, 707748

Abstract:

A method and system are provided for web search customization and web site rating. The system receives user input web sites, stores the web sites in a database, and groups them into user-specified categories. The system further allows users to select one or more web sites for customizing web search and querying the preselected sites using user input keywords. The system further provides the users with options to query a plurality of search engines. All web sites stored within the system are rated in response to the user operations. Each web site has at least a global rating indicating the rating within the system, a category rating indicating the rating within a given category, and a keyword rating indicating the rating for a given keyword. The system provides the users with a list of recommended web sites based on the web sites' ratings.

US Patent:

20130072221, Mar 21, 2013

Filed:

Sep 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/237894

Inventors:

Steve Y. Chen - Skokie IL, US
David Y. Chen - Arlington Heights IL, US

International Classification:

H04W 64/00
G09G 5/00
H04W 4/14
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

4554561, 715748, 345629

Abstract:

A method and system are provided providing electronic communications between users in a similar geographic location. Mobile devices determine geographic location information based on signals received from external devices, such as GPS satellites or cell sites, and web browsers determine geographic location using external devices or third party software, such as Google Loader, or based on the IP address of the computer running the web browser. The system receives geographic location information from a mobile device or web browser in addition to a user-input message. The system distributes the message to users of the system with geographic locations within a predetermined distance from the geographic location that the message was input.

US Patent:

20180068027, Mar 8, 2018

Filed:

Nov 6, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/803982

Inventors:

Steve Y. Chen - Skokie IL, US
David Y. Chen - Arlington Heights IL, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

Abstract:

A method and system are provided for web search customization and web site rating. The system receives user input web sites, stores the web sites in a database, and groups them into user-specified categories. The system further allows users to select one or more web sites for customizing web search and querying the preselected sites using user input keywords. The system further provides the users with options to query a plurality of search engines. All web sites stored within the system are rated in response to the user operations. Each web site has at least a global rating indicating the rating within the system, a category rating indicating the rating within a given category, and a keyword rating indicating the rating for a given keyword. The system provides the users with a list of recommended web sites based on the web sites' ratings.

US Patent:

20150199502, Jul 16, 2015

Filed:

Jan 15, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/155559

Inventors:

Steve Y. Chen - Skokie IL, US
David Y. Chen - Arlington Heights IL, US

International Classification:

G06F 21/32
G06K 9/00
G10L 17/00
G06Q 50/26

Abstract:

Verifying the identity of a person claiming to be represented by a picture by way of providing a string of text (randomly generated or generated by another person seeking verification of same) to be recited by the claimant. The string of text is recited in a video which is received by an intermediary server at a network node, or by a person seeking such verification. Automated processes may be utilized to compare the audio and video received to the picture and string of text sent. Further, comparisons to previously received audio, video, and strings of text, as well as the same available from third parties, may be used to determine fraud attempts. Viewers of the person's profile may also vote on the authenticity of a profile, thereby raising or lowering a certification confidence level, with their votes weighted more heavily towards those who have high confidence levels.

US Patent:

20140128037, May 8, 2014

Filed:

Jan 9, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/151136

Inventors:

Steve Y. Chen - Skokie IL, US
David Y. Chen - Arlington Heights IL, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/02
H04W 4/14

US Classification:

4554121

Abstract:

A method and system are provided providing electronic communications between users in a similar geographic location. Mobile devices determine geographic location information based on signals received from external devices, such as GPS satellites or cell sites, and web browsers determine geographic location using external devices or third party software, such as Google Loader, or based on the IP address of the computer running the web browser. The system receives geographic location information from a mobile device or web browser in addition to a user-input message. The system distributes the message to users of the system with geographic locations within a predetermined distance from the geographic location that the message was input.